
Irina Rempt
Language wrangler
Irina is a human who reads a lot, writes fantasy and has recently got her feet wet with fanfic. NetHack people will know her as Raisse the Thaumaturge. She doesn't actually speak Ilaini (it doesn't help that there's nobody in this world to speak it with) though she can write short pieces in it.
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Sessions in which Irina Rempt attends
10:00
10:00
The Art of the Interview
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Moderator
Michi Trota (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America)
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Panelist
Jen Zink (The Skiffy and Fanty Show)
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Panelist
Zedeck Siew
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Panelist
Judith Huang
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Panel
Panelist
Karl Schroeder
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Panelist
Gadi Evron (Tel Aviv in 2027)
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Moderator
Likhain
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Panelist
Anne-Louise Fortune (Independent Scholar)
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Panelist
Penelope Flynn (LLC)
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Panel
Fantasy Today: The Best of Recent Fantasy
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Sarah Gailey
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Panelist
Graci Kim (Rick Riordan Presents)
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Panelist
Claire Rousseau
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Moderator
Emma Osborne
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Panel
11:00
11:00
The Continuing Relevance and Popularity of The Lord of the Rings
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Susana Polo (Polygon.com)
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Moderator
Paul Weimer
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Panelist
Gina Saucier
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Panelist
Jodi McAlister
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Panelist
J J Mathews (Mouse Moon Press)
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Panel
Panelist
Mallory O'Meara
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Panelist
Isa Ritchie
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Panelist
Kieron Gillen
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Panelist
Mary Anne Mohanraj (University of Illinois / Speculative Literature Foundation)
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Moderator
Mary Robinette Kowal
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Panel
12:00
12:00
How to Enjoy the First Virtual Worldcon
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Panel
13:00
13:00
Panel
14:00
14:00
Novel vs. Game: Approaches to Narrative Fiction
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Zach Dodson (featherproof books)
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Panelist
Casey Lucas (Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Moderator
Edward Fortune (Starburst Magazine)
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Panelist
Carrie Patel (Obsidian Entertainment)
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Panel
Science Fantasy: A Core Piece of the SF/F World
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Tommy Kucera (Dept of Mathematics)
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Moderator
David D. Levine
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Panelist
L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing)
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Panelist
Jacqui Greaves
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Panelist
Rivqa Rafael
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Panel
Chronology of Calendars
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Edmund Schluessel (International School of Helsinki)
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Moderator
Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) )
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Panelist
Jenn Lyons (Tor Books)
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Panel
15:00
15:00
The Death of Genre?
55 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:55 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Trish Matson
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Panelist
Caren Gussoff Sumption
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Panelist
Joshua Bilmes
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Moderator
Soon Lee
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Animals in Fantasy
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Discord
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Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Panelist
Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters)
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Panelist
Kathryn Sullivan
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Panelist
Steph Matuku
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Panelist
H.G. Parry
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Moderator
Paula Boer (Self-employed)
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Panel
Writers on Writing: What’s in a Name? Characters in Fiction
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Mimi Mondal (Self)
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Moderator
S. K. Dunstall
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Panelist
Zaza Koshkadze
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Panelist
Mandy Hager (NZ Society of Authors)
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Panel
18:00
18:00
The Art of Kathleen Jennings
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Presenter
Kathleen Jennings
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Portfolio
Feedback Session 1
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panel
19:00
19:00
Representing the Other
50 minutes
19:00 NZST
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19:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Speaker
Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction)
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Panelist
Cliona Shakespeare (University of Jyväskylä)
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Panelist
Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia)
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Moderator
Bradford Lyau
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Panelist
Laura (El) Lam (Edinburgh Napier University)
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Panel
21:00
21:00
Are We Living in a Simulation?
50 minutes
21:00 NZST
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21:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Fiona Moore
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Panelist
Sultana Raza
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Moderator
L.J. Kendall (L. J. Kendall Publishing)
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Panelist
Christopher Gee
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Panel
23:00
23:00
Establishing A Social Media Presence
50 minutes
23:00 NZST
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23:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 7 (Zoom Meeting)
Panel
9:00
9:00
Come Time Travel with Me - 1965
50 minutes
9:00 NZST
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9:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Lorelei Marcus (Galactic Journey)
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Master of ceremonies
Gideon Marcus (Galactic Journey (and Journey Press) )
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Panelist
Cora Buhlert
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Panelist
Erica Frank (Galactic Journey)
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Panelist
Janice Marcus (Galactic Journey, Journey Press)
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Panel
11:00
11:00
GoH - Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon Talk
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Discord
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Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Dialogue
12:00
12:00
Music in SF and Fantasy
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Matthew Pavletich
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Panelist
Caren Gussoff Sumption
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Moderator
Karen Simpson Nikakis (SOV Media)
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Panelist
William C. Tracy (Space Wizard Science Fantasy)
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Panelist
Sarah Pinsker (SFWA)
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Panel
Money and Currency for Fantasy Authors
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panel
13:00
13:00
Cory Doctorow and Ada Palmer discuss censorship and information control
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Dialogue
Building Fantasy Worlds
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Discord
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Discord Programming - Larry & Misty Panel Room
Panelist
Shiv Ramdas
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Moderator
Julie Czerneda
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Panelist
Yves Meynard
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Panelist
Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters)
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Panel
14:00
14:00
Covering Mercedes Lackey
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Speaker
Jody Lee
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Portfolio
14:30
14:30
15:00
15:00
Narrative Imagery
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panel
Nevertheless, She Persisted: The Explosion of the Heroine in the 50 Years Since Mia Havero
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Maiya Ibrahim
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Moderator
Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press)
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Panelist
Lee Murray
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Panelist
Glenda Larke
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Translating Speculative Fiction: Challenges and Exaltations
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator
Kalin M. Nenov (Human Library Foundation)
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Panelist
Judith Huang
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Panelist
Mari Kotani (Meiji University)
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Panelist
Regina Kanyu Wang (Storycom)
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Panel
The Female in the Fantastic
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panel
20:00
20:00
Trends: How They Effect Tropes in F&SF
1 hour
20:00 NZST
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21:00 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Talk
10:00
10:00
Stranger in a Strange Head: Imposter Syndrome
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Curtis Chen (SFWA)
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Panelist
Ash Charlton (ACE TRAINING)
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Panelist
Margot Atwell (Kickstarter)
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Moderator
Cassie Hart
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Panelist
Grant Stone
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Panel
11:00
11:00
Friends Don't Let Friends Run Worldcons
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Kent Bloom
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Moderator
James Bacon (Smofcon Europe)
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Panelist
Vincent Docherty (SMOFcon 39)
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Panelist
Rose Mitchell
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Panel
12:00
12:00
Kaffeeklatsch: Naomi Kritzer
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
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Signup required
Registered
On Wait List
Session is full
Participant
Naomi Kritzer
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Kaffeeklatsch
13:00
13:00
Fandom Over the Years - The Female Perspective
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Andi Dukleth (Accidental Aliens and KPBS News)
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Panelist
Laurie Mann
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Panelist
Alison Scott (Punctuation)
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Panelist
Gay Haldeman
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Moderator
Jennifer Zwahr-Castro (St. Mary's University of San Antonio, TX)
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Panel
Panelist
Arkady Martine
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Panelist
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
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Panelist
Claire Bartlett
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Moderator
Shaun Duke (Bemidji State University / The Skiffy and Fanty Show)
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Panelist
Ada Palmer
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Panel
14:00
14:00
Panelist
Ira Alexandre (Lady Business)
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Panelist
Soon Lee
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Moderator
Sam Blackley (freelance)
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Panelist
Maria Haskins
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Panelist
Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications)
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Panel
Writers on Writing: The Plot's the Thing
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications)
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Moderator
Carrie Patel (Obsidian Entertainment)
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Panelist
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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Panelist
David D. Levine
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Panel
Killing Your Own Grandparent: Time Travel in SF
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
Andy Dudak
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Panelist
Amal El-Mohtar (University of Ottawa)
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Panelist
Elizabeth Knox
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Panelist
Gillian Polack
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Panel
15:00
15:00
Panelist
Navah Wolfe
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Panelist
Claire Light
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Panelist
David Hair
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Panelist
Taru Kumara-Moisio
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Moderator
E. J. Beaton
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Panel
16:00
16:00
Kaffeeklatsch: David Peterson
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
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Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
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Signup required
Registered
On Wait List
Session is full
Participant
David Peterson
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Kaffeeklatsch
17:00
17:00
Feedback Session 3
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panel
Pew! Pew! What Would Realistic Space Battles Look Like?
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Speaker
Stephen Mulholland (Alpacas Rampant)
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Presentation
18:00
18:00
Fairy Tale Contract Law
50 minutes
18:00 NZST
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18:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panel
10:00
10:00
The Ascent of Wonder: What Makes Hard SF
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Kenn Bates
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Moderator
James Cambias
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Panelist
Mark English (Clarinspect)
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Panelist
Harun Siljak (CONNECT Centre For Future Networks and Communications)
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Panelist
Deborah Munro (University of Canterbury)
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Panel
Constructed Language: From Elvish to Esperanto to Dothraki to Belter
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Ryn Yee
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Panelist
Erica Frank (Galactic Journey)
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Panelist
Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg)
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Moderator
David Peterson
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Panelist
Lawrence M. Schoen (Paper Golem LLC)
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Panel
Writing Fantasy and SF from the Margins
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Maiya Ibrahim
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Panelist
Michi Trota (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America)
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Panelist
Eugen Bacon
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Panelist
Kieron Gillen
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Moderator
E. J. Beaton
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Panel
11:00
11:00
Presenter
Mercedes Lackey (High Flight Arts and Letters)
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Presenter
Rose Mitchell
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Presenter
Robert Silverberg
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Presenter
Alison Scott (Punctuation)
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Presenter
Erin Underwood
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Presenter
Larry Dixon
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Presenter
Greg Broadmore (Weta Workshop)
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Moderator
George R. R. Martin
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Event
12:00
12:00
Perspectives on World Building
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 6 (Zoom Meetings)
Academic
14:00
14:00
Christian Fans Meetup
50 minutes
14:00 NZST
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14:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 8 (Zoom Meeting)
Discussion Group
15:00
15:00
Panelist
Michael Sands (Generic Games)
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Panelist
Morgan Davie (Taleturn Ltd)
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Panelist
Brandon O'Brien (FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction)
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Moderator
James Cambias
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Panelist
Stephen Dedman
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Panel
From Kuttner to Pratchett: Humour in Science Fiction and Fantasy
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Edward Fortune (Starburst Magazine)
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Panelist
Chuck Serface (Suicide and Crisis Services of Santa Clara County)
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Moderator
Alexandra Rowland
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Panelist
E. Lily Yu
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Panelist
J.r.h. Lawless (J.R.H. Lawless)
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Panel
Novel, Novella or Short Story? Choosing the Right Length for Fiction
50 minutes
15:00 NZST
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15:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Moderator
Paula Boer (Self-employed)
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Panelist
Diane Walton (On Spec Magazine)
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Panelist
Vylar Kaftan
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Panelist
Jane Rawson
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Panel
16:00
16:00
Writers on Writing: The Craft of Writing Alternate History
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates)
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Panelist
Sarah Gailey
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Moderator
Stuart Hardwick (cStuartHardwick.com)
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Panelist
Gillian Polack
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Panel
Good Work, Questionable Creator
50 minutes
16:00 NZST
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16:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Panelist
James Davis Nicoll (James Nicoll Reviews / University of Waterloo Theatre Centre)
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Panelist
Richard Gilliam (Self)
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Moderator
Julie Hofmann or ADMedievalist
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Panel
17:00
17:00
Becoming a Grown-up: the Bildungsroman in Stories for Young People
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Alison Evans
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Panelist
Kalin M. Nenov (Human Library Foundation)
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Panelist
Christine Taylor-Butler
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Moderator
Farah Mendlesohn (BSFA)
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Panel
Feedback Session 4
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panel
Designing and Writing for Games
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 2 (Webinar)
Moderator
Richard (Rik) Lagarto
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Panelist
Ville Vuorela (Reforged Studios)
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Panelist
Ceinwen Langley
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Panelist
Erica Holcomb (Explorasaurus Studios)
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Panelist
Karen Bovenmyer (PseudoPod Horror Podcast Magazine)
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Panel
10:00
10:00
Kaffeeklatsch: Alexandra Rowland
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Kaffeklatch and Literary Beer Room
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Signup required
Registered
On Wait List
Session is full
Participant
Alexandra Rowland
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Kaffeeklatsch
Fairy Tales and Fantasy
50 minutes
10:00 NZST
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10:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 4 (Webinar)
Panelist
Vida Cruz
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Moderator
Leife Shallcross (Australia 2025 bid committee)
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Panelist
Ellen Datlow
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Panelist
Eileen Mueller
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Panelist
Jean Bürlesk (Science Fiction and Fantasy Society Luxembourg)
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Panel
11:00
11:00
The Day After Tomorrow: Near Future SF
50 minutes
11:00 NZST
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11:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 3 (Webinar)
Panelist
Shiv Ramdas
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Panelist
Karl Schroeder
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Moderator
Glen Engel-Cox (Blue Agama Associates)
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Panelist
Caren Gussoff Sumption
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Panelist
SB Divya
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Panel
11:30
11:30
12:00
12:00
Ghosts in the Ships: Sentient Ships in SF and Fantasy
50 minutes
12:00 NZST
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12:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Jeffrey A. Carver (SFWA, Starstream Publications)
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Panelist
Sascha Stronach
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Moderator
Z Aung
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Panelist
Mark Van Name
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Panel
12:30
12:30
13:00
13:00
What Fanfiction Can Teach Genre Writers
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Alexandra Rowland
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Panelist
Brent Lambert (FIYAH Literary Magazine)
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Moderator
Susana Polo (Polygon.com)
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Panelist
Ira Alexandre (Lady Business)
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Panel
Virtual Conventions and Conferences
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Discussion Groups
Panelist
Erin Underwood
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Panelist
Laurie Mann
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Panelist
Randall Shepherd (CoNZealand/Alamo)
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Moderator
Steven Silver (SFWA)
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Panel
Beyond the Anglosphere: SF and Fantasy from the Rest of the World
50 minutes
13:00 NZST
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13:50 NZST
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Programming
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Programme Room 1 (Webinar)
Panelist
Shiv Ramdas
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Panelist
Yasser Bahjatt (Jeddi High Council)
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Panelist
Terrie Hashimoto
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Moderator
Zaza Koshkadze
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Panelist
Valentin Ivanov (European Southern Observatory)
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Panel
15:00
15:00
Party
17:00
17:00
Feedback Session 5 - Into the Future!
50 minutes
17:00 NZST
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17:50 NZST
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Programming
,
Programme Room 5 (Zoom Meeting)
Panelist
Kelly Buehler (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
Bill Lawhorn
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Moderator
Colette Fozard
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Panelist
Lynelle Howell (CoNZealand)
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Panelist
David Gallaher (CoNZealand)
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Moderator
Norman Cates (CoNZealand)
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Panel